Salungguhit: The Long Arm of Crime
The Long Arm of Crime
Bulatlat Contributors | Jun 30, 2010
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Human Rights Violations Still Plague Ilocos Region
Human Rights Violations Still Plague Ilocos Region
By JOAN GARCIA
The claim of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that it has achieved victory in the Ilocos provinces did not make the human rights situation there any better.
Trampling on Workers’ Rights No Way to Grow an Economy- Leila de Lima
Trampling on Workers’ Rights No Way to Grow an Economy- Leila de Lima
By MARYA SALAMAT
“For too long, the rights of workers, laborers and employees have been trampled upon because of the economic interests of a few,” said outgoing CHR Chairwoman Leila de Lima, who is transferring to a new position as Justice Secretary in the incoming Aquino administration.
Hearing on Cardeño Case Should Also Look into Possible Secret Ops by US Troops – Bayan
Hearing on Cardeño Case Should Also Look into Possible Secret Ops by US Troops – Bayan
News Release June 25, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today said the July 1 hearing the Supreme Court set for the writ of amparo and writ of habeas data petitions by the family of an interpreter for US troops in Marawi City should also...
News in Pictures: Workers Demand Noynoy to Address Wage Hike Call
News in Pictures: Workers Demand Noynoy to Address Wage Hike Call
Workers, led by progressive labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), on Friday call on President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to immediately address their demand for a legislated nationwide P125 across-the-board wage hike. The workers gather in front of Aquino's residence in Times Street, Quezon City, carrying huge yellow ribbons bearing the calls "P125 wage increase" and "Prosecute Gloria Arroyo".
“Be Independent, Fight for Justice and Human Rights,” Peasants Urge De Lima
“Be Independent, Fight for Justice and Human Rights,” Peasants Urge De Lima
PRESS RELEASE June 25, 2010 The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) and Tanggol Magsasaka (Peasant Network for Land, Justice and Human Rights) urged Commission on Human Rights Chair Leila De Lima to be indepent and...
Statement Delivered During the Necrological Service for Jesiderio Camangyan
Statement Delivered During the Necrological Service for Jesiderio Camangyan
NUJP-Davao statement *Delivered during the necrological service for Jesiderio Camangyan in Mati City, June 24. Today we bury yet another journalist killed under the Arroyo administration. But today rises all the more our strong resolve to never let go and...
DOLE, POEA Failed to Curb Rampant Cases of OFWs Contract Substitution
DOLE, POEA Failed to Curb Rampant Cases of OFWs Contract Substitution
PRESS RELEASE An alliance of Filipino migrant workers group in the Middle East today said the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) under the out-going Arroyo administration failed to curb the rampant...
Benjie Oliveros | Anticipation
Benjie Oliveros | Anticipation
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com There is nothing much that is happening now. Outgoing president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is supposed to be wrapping things up while incoming president Noynoy Aquino is busy preparing for his inauguration and is in the process...
News in Pictures: Gabriela to Noynoy: Free Women Political Prisoners
News in Pictures: Gabriela to Noynoy: Free Women Political Prisoners
Members of Gabriela trooped to the residence of president elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to demand freedom of women and all political prisoners. According to Gabriela, 61 of the 344 political prisoners under the Arroyo regime are women.
Jonas Burgos’s Kin Denounce SC Decision
Jonas Burgos’s Kin Denounce SC Decision
“Did it have to take so long for the Supreme Court to find out that the investigators made serious lapses? ...the Supreme Court took five weeks short of 2 years simply to say that it cannot rule on the case because there were lapses in the investigation?” Mrs. Edita Burgos said in a letter to the justices dated June 23, a copy of which was sent to Bulatlat.
Hikes on oil prices, SLEX toll rate double whammy for the poor – KMU
Hikes on oil prices, SLEX toll rate double whammy for the poor – KMU
“Filipinos are doubly burdened with unabated hikes in oil prices and with the looming 300 percent toll fee hike in the South Luzon Expressway or SLEX, even as capitalists stand to doubly reap from these schemes,” Kilusang Mayo Unos said as oil firms raised pump...
Noynoy’s plan to push hybrid rice to offset massive landgrabbing, displacement of farmers and land-use conversion
Noynoy’s plan to push hybrid rice to offset massive landgrabbing, displacement of farmers and land-use conversion
After planning to add 2 more years to basic education, incoming president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III made another anti-people and anti-peasant plan which is to push the use hybrid rice supposed to boost production in the country. Aquino claimed that the use hybrid...
End Killings of Journalists, Noynoy Urged
End Killings of Journalists, Noynoy Urged
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The business of ensuring justice for all victims weighs just as heavy on Aquino as head of state as it should on all those whose sworn duty it is to protect and ensure the life and welfare of all citizens but which, sadly, they still have to do so,” the NUJP said.
KMU Hits ECOP Over Layoff Blackmail vs Workers’ Clamor for Wage Hikes
KMU Hits ECOP Over Layoff Blackmail vs Workers’ Clamor for Wage Hikes
Press Release June 21, 2010 Big business owners, led by The Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) should stop mouthing possible retrenchments and closures over the approval of the P22 minimum wage increase in Metro Manila, labor center Kilusang Mayo...
Peasant Unrest to Heighten Under Aquino Government, Group Said
Peasant Unrest to Heighten Under Aquino Government, Group Said
PRESS RELEASE June 21, 2010 The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) said that peasant unrest would intensify under incoming president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III's government as he is showing no signs of commitment...
Gov’t Help Asked in Repatriation of Filipino Teacher in China
Gov’t Help Asked in Repatriation of Filipino Teacher in China
By ARTEMIO A. DUMLAO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Relatives and colleagues of Filipino teacher Benjamin Yango, who was found dead in his apartment in Harbin, China less than a month ago, are asking help from the government for his repatriation. Yango, 33, a native of...
Oyayi Sa Anak ng Welgista
Oyayi Sa Anak ng Welgista
NI AXEL PINPIN Inlilathala ng Bulatlat Anak, si Bunso’y kumutan mo muna at kamutan para mahimbing ihimig ang pagkagiliw ng Tatay n’yong naka-welga. Huwag mangamba sa sungit ng panahon ang gabi ay maiksing paghihintay lamang sa paglalaro ninyo bukas maghapon. At...
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